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Josip Belušić

1847 - 1905

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Josip Belušić (Serbo-Croatian: [josip beluʃitɕ]; 12 March 1847 – 8 January 1905) was a Croatian inventor. He was born in the small settlement of Županići, in the region of Labin, Istria, and schooled in Pazin and Koper. Belušić continued his studies in Vienna, later resettling in Trieste before coming back to Istria, where he built his best known invention, the speedometer. After completing his studies, Belušić was employed as a professor of physics and mathematics at the Royal School of Koper. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josip Belušić is the 203rd most popular inventor (up from 218th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 149th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Croatian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Josip Belušić ranks 203 out of 426. Before him are Garrett Morgan, J. Presper Eckert, Georges Claude, Eunice Newton Foote, Hovannes Adamian, and Bartolomeu de Gusmão. After him are Max Skladanowsky, Reginald Fessenden, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Royal Rife, James Dyson, and Édouard Branly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Josip Belušić ranks 41. Before him are Ferdinand Fellner, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Giuseppe Giacosa, Adolf von Hildebrand, Jacob Schiff, and Oscar Swahn. After him are John Bates Clark, Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, Frits Thaulow, Bertha Wegmann, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, and Margarete Steiff. Among people deceased in 1905, Josip Belušić ranks 39. Before him are Pedro Américo, Meyer Guggenheim, Ivan Sechenov, Henrik Sjöberg, Infanta Amalia of Spain, and Clément Juglar. After him are José-Maria de Heredia, George Williams, Franz Reuleaux, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Julius Oppert, and Franz Overbeck.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josip Belušić ranks 129 out of 700. Before him are Lovro von Matačić (1899), Branko Ivanković (1954), Slaven Bilić (1968), Igor Tudor (1978), István Horthy (1904), and David Frankfurter (1909). After him are Branimir of Croatia (850), Quirinus of Sescia (300), Pietro Tradonico (750), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Bernard Vukas (1927), and Marko Krizin (1589).

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Among INVENTORS In Croatia

Among inventors born in Croatia, Josip Belušić ranks 3. Before him are Nikola Tesla (1856), and Fausto Veranzio (1551). After him are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897).

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